A panel discussion is set to take place ahead of Charlotte Pride this weekend, with a focus on minority voices from Charlotte’s LGBTQ+ community.

The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits.

Governor Josh Stein signed the legislation, despite rejecting other transgender health bills as "mean-spirited."

The U.S. Education Department and Penn announced the voluntary agreement of the high-profile case that focused on Lia Thomas, who last competed for the Ivy League school in 2022.

Jim Obergefell, plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized gay marriage in all 50 states, reflects on the decision 10 years later and the LGBTQ community's current civil rights fight.

"They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law," then-Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the June 26, 2015, ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. "The Constitution grants them that right."

Some Charlotte Pride sponsors are pulling back this year — either scaling down support, asking not to have their logos displayed, or going silent altogether. In response, Mecklenburg County approved $125,000 in public funding to help keep the city's largest festival — and one of its biggest tourism events — free and accessible.

The global LGBTQ+ festival was held for the first time in the nation's capital. Organizers say the current political environment has dampened the excitement surrounding the celebration.

The ripple effects of the Trump administration's anti-trans and DEI policies and rhetoric can be felt throughout this year's WorldPride festival.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration late Friday to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man it deported to Mexico in spite of his fears of being harmed there.